Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
Households headed by a retired person: 42%, above 88% of compared French towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 517 residents in Le Pas, living in 210 households. On the census count, 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Mayenne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Le Pas
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Pas, 16% of its 290 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of homes are second homes, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Empty homes: 11%, above 85% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 8% in Le Pas.
Le Pas’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 80% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then −6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Mayenne town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns, at 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Pas 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Le Pas’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Le Pas sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (2.3%)
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Le Pas (33%).
€24,150 a year: the median standard of living
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of Le Pas’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,150 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 50% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4% of residents are immigrants in Le Pas
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%. Here, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
51% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns, at 14%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Le Pas comes in at 34%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Le Pas is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Pas | 48.5 | 29% | 16% | 4% |
| Ambrières-les-Vallées 2,619 · 3.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 7.5% | 3.1% |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 8.9 mi | 47 | 28% | 1.8% | 5.3% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 11.8 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 13.3 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 13.9 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 15.6 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Le Pas
What is the population of Le Pas?
517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (530).
How old are Le Pas’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Pas?
48, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Pas?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Pas?
€24,150 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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